| I know that many of my clients may be considering Assisted Living. There are many fine facilities in the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire and I often recommend the good care and services (especially the three meals a day) that elders can get in Assisted Living. It can be fairly costly, but it can provide a safe and healthy environment for you or your loved-one. I have just learned that Haverhill Crossings and Ashland Farm at North Andover have openings for both their Traditional Assisted Living as well as their Harbor program for the memory impaired. Here is the contact information for these facilities: Frank Quintiliani Area Director of Community Relations Benchmark Senior Living Cell: (603) 560-0660 fquintiliani@benchmarkquality.com |
Knee replacement surgery can improve the quality of life even for very elderly patients, according to a study presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) . The study found that patients in their 80s can benefit both physically and socially from knee replacement surgery, also called total knee arthroplasty (TKA), once thought too risky for the very elderly. “As patients are living longer, there is an upward trend in the demand for quality of life among the elderly population,” said Edsel Arandia, M.D., lead author of the study and an orthopaedic surgeon at Philippine Orthopaedic Center and a Fellow at Singapore General Hospital. “As patients age, debilitating diseases like arthritis of the knee begin to develop. We conducted this study to determine the viability of TKA in octogenarians and to learn whether their quality of life improves after TKA.” Dr. Arandia and his team reviewed data from 128 patients older than 80 years of age wh...
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